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“Now I do wish that your dream will come true, and I am looking forward to be invited to the Blue House(Presidential Residence of Korea) in near future”  NISSAN Motors President Carlos Ghosn
“Now I do wish that your dream will come true, and I am looking forward to be invited to the Blue House(Presidential Residence of Korea) in near future”  NISSAN Motors President Carlos Ghosn

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Full Name: Sungwoon KANG

Born in Busan, Republic of Korea (1975)




The 26th Generation, Branch of Sir. Baksa(Gyeyong KANG), the KANG Family originated in Jinjoo, Korea
(Founder:
Gen. I-sik KANG, Commander-in-chief, Goguryeo Kingdom which was one of three kingdoms in ancient Korea)


Graduated from Gwangnam Elementary School, Daechun Middle School and Guemsung High School in Busan, Korea





Left Dept. Metallurgical Engineering of Yonsei University midway which is the most famous private university in Korea by my own decision in order to change major subject to political science and study abroad (April 1999)
Amblem of Yonsei University

Photo of Entrance Ceremony to Yonsei
Rooters' Song for Younsei University (2.86Mb)



Joined 22nd Infantry Division, Republic of Korea Army (July 1996)


Troop Mark of the 22 Infantry Division

Photo of Full Armaments


Served in a campaign for sweeping invading spies of People's Army(September~November,1996)
  More about The Case of Submarine Infiltration on an East-coast Beach (September 18, 1996)



Discharged from active list and converted into reserve status (September 1998). Now a reserve Sgt., Republic of Korea Army


Chief Planning Officer, web company 'R-TV' established by students as a venture company (September 1998~May 1999)


Departed for Japan from Korea to study abroad after left Yonsei University midway by own desicion(20 June, 1999)



Granted admission to Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University which is the most famous private university in Japan (1999)

Emblem of Keio Gizuku Univesity



Awarded The Yamaoka Kenichi Memorial Scholarship which covered whole school fees to Keio University (February 2000)



 
Granted admission to Course of Political Science, Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo (April 2000)
  World University Rankings 2004 by The Times (PDF 80Kb)
Rooters' Song for Tokyo University "O-ozora"
Rooters' Song for Tokyo University "Tada Hitotsu"

 
Studied international politics under Prof. Kiichi Fujiwara at The University of Tokyo



Awarded The Seiho Foundation Scholarship (President  Geunsik Lee, Chairman of The Grand Tokyo) which covered whole living expenses and hosing cost (2000~2004)


Membership, '20C-School' and 'Korea-Japan Youth Forum' which are social & studying membership circles composed of multinational youths who have public spirit


Awarded Nissan NPO Learning Scholarship (June 2000), and  conferred Certificate by Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (June 27, 2001)

Emblem of Nissan Motors

Private Letter from President of Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
Final Activity Report (Japanese)




Worked as Program Associate for Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) (July 2000 ~March 2003)
Logo of JCIE


Won The Award for Encouragement by the National Institute for Diffusion of Chinese Character, Korea (Dec. 2000)




Finished PFI (Private Finance Initiative) Course at The ARK Toshijuku (city college) which is a professional school established by ARK Academy Hills, Tokyo, Japan (October 2000~March 2001). Awarded scholarship(the 25th term-student)
  Do you know PFI? (Ref. Unison Co., UK)



Produced a final report on 'Examination of PFI Bridge And Road Construction Project', and obtained The Certificate of Finishing PFI Course (March 27, 2001)

 
Appeared in Sentaku (Alternative) which is a Japanese monthly magazine for the best and the brightest in Japan
  Paper: Japan's New Diplomatic Posture; Growing Suspicions in South Korea about Japan's Future Intentions, Sgt. Sungwoon Kang, p.109~109, Sentaku, January 2003, Japan
  Information on Sentaku




Failed to get admission to The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management (MIGM) where have admitted only Japanese citizenship holders and no foreigners as a regular (September 2003)
Recommendation Letter from Amb. Koji Watanabe who is one of my patron (in Japanese)
Application: Page1 / Page2 / Page3 (Japanese)
Essay (Japanese, PDF 748 KB)
Deep Emotions as a failure who tried to be the first
   international student of MIGM (1) / (2)
(in Korean and Japanese)





Won Grand Prix (The Championship) at The Yukio Ozaki Memorial National Youth Speech Contest. Participated as a representative of the University of Tokyo and the only foreigner (November 23, 2003), Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Transcript (translation): An International Student from Korea Thinks; Future Posture of Japanese Youth (PDF 1.25Mb)
The Ozaki Memorial Speech Contest? (by Asahi Shimbun)
Evaluation from one of jurors, Mr. Kan SUZUKI who is a Member of House of Councilors (by Suzukan Magazine No.31)
Photo 1 / Photo 2 / Photo3
  Movie containing my speech(Windows Media Player 39.1MB)









Won The Award for Excellence from Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ban Ki-moon, a Secretary General of The United Nations at present (October 10, 2004) at  The 3rd National Inter-collegiate UN Essay Contest which is a nationwide essay contest with the support of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security(IFANS), Seoul, Korea ministry_foreign_mark.gif (2516 bytes)
Title: Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and North Korean Nuclear Issue; Korean Strategy Based on Intellectual Flexibility, Sungwoon Kang, 2004 (PDF )
Recommendation Letter from Professor Hiroshi Takahashi who is Dean of Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo (PDF 300kb)
Photo 1 / Photo 2


 
Granted admission to Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP), The University of Tokyo (October 15, 2004)
   



 
Became a member of The Gakushikai as an alumnus of The University of Tokyo. The Gakushikai has been an academic community & social club in Japan since its establishment in 1886(March 11, 2005).
   

 
Graduated in law(BA) at The University of Tokyo (March 25, 2005), Tokyo, Japan.
   




Granted admission to School of International Service
(SIS), American University (DC), USA (August, 2005). Majored East Asian international relations (MA course). Finished 3 semesters there, and left temporarily (January, 2007) due to the Presidential Election in Korea.
   
Media Release Related with Me
The Chosun-ilbo (Korea), Oct.29,1994 (English)
The Chosun-ilbo (Korea), May.15,1995
Korea Defense Today (Korea), Aug.27,1997
Japan Times, Jun.14,2000 (English)
Tokyo Shimbun, Jun.23,2000 (Morning)
Enjoy Learning, Monthly Journal of Tokyo-to, Jan.17,2001
Campus Life, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Oct.01,2001
Asahi Shimbun, April 01,2002 (Morning) (English)
Sentaku (The Alternative), Jan.,2003 (English)
Tokyo University Internet Media, Mar 17,2003
Kanagawa Shimbun, Nov 24,2003
Tsukimachi Life Magazine 'My Town', Dec.18,2003

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